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| Montreal, Canada |  Review on July 15, 2016: |
cinnahog
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
I had my interview on July 13, 2016. I stayed there two nights at Concordia Grey Nuns Summer Residences. It's really cheap there and if you take the metro, it's really easy to get to the embassy from the Place des Arts station, only about a 5 minute walk. The embassy is a few metres behind of Best Buy.
My interview was at 8:30am but the interview wasn't actually at that time, it's just the time you're supposed to enter the building, because there are so many people who go into the building, they just need to stagger the amount of people who go in. The entrance isn't super noticeable, it's kind of the side entrance to the building. There was a small line at the door and a security guard who was checking for your passport and your DS-160 so have those out and ready. After you go in, you'll go through the Security Body Scanner like they do at the airport and you'll have to put your stuff through the x-ray machine. You can bring your phone, they'll just put it into a cubby at the security station, but it's better if you don't bring it. They don't allow any food or drinks either. There is a drink vending machine upstairs but it was out of order when I went there. There's also a bathroom upstairs. Security will give you a laminated piece of paper with a number on it so hold on to it.
So after you go through security, you'll go down some stairs to a kind of weird shady old basement area where they have the elevator. It was really weird because it wasn't official looking and was apart from the rest of the building. Anyways, the elevator only goes to the 19th and 22nd floor or something so you won't have to worry about getting lost. So go up to the 19th floor and you'll come out to a more official looking area with lots of chairs and windows. You should sit in the middle section and wait for your number to be called over the intercom. It can be kind of difficult to hear what they're saying so pay attention. If you don't know what to do when you get there, there will be a person there in a red vest who directs people to where they're supposed to be. There was also a huge line in the back for people who were getting some other kind of visa so don't stand in that line.
On the paper with your number, it will say to have some of your documents out and ready so do that while you wait. I was #10 and it was about 9:30am when I was called. When they call your number, go up to the window they said and they will ask you for some of your documents. It will be either window 1 or 2. Window 1 was calling for odd numbers and window 2 was for even numbers so I went to window 2. They asked for my birth certificate, receipt of interview payment, the i-134, my fiance's 2015 tax form, the sealed medical envelope, my passport and a copy of my passport's bio page, my police certificate, my two US passport-style pictures, and my fiance's updated letter of intent. They didn't ask for anything else like proof of my fiance's residence in the US or supporting financial documents nor even any proof of ongoing relationship. You should bring those anyway because, you know, just in case. And then they asked me if either of us have been married before, both our addresses and then took my fingerprints. Then they told me to sit back down and wait for my number to be called again.
After waiting for like another hour, my number was called to go to window 8. This was the only window that was doing K-1 visa interviews. It's actually a little room with a window in it where you have to remain standing to talk to the interviewee. I was glad it was within it's own room because the main room is pretty loud. The interviewer was a young nice-looking man in glasses. He started by asking me to swear that I'm telling the truth. Then he asked if I've ever been in trouble with the law and if either of us have been married before. He then asked me how we met. I had this long answer prepared because it's kind of complicated but he kind of cut me off and kind of told me to get to the point, so I just summarized what my fiance wrote about how we met when we submitted the i-129F and that was fine. He then joked a bit about me with comic con because I had talked about it. He also asked how long I had lived in Taiwan and if my grandparents spoke English (haha). He then went over a note I had put on a picture that I'd submitted for evidence of relationship in the i-129F package and asked me to clarify it, so you should review what you submitted as well. He gave me back all of the pictures we had submitted for the i-129F and then said that I'd been approved and gave me a piece of paper detailing how to pick up my passport.
That was it! The whole process took about 2 1/2 hours. Now I'm waiting for my passport :D Good luck to everyone who's doing it! It really isn't so difficult!
(updated on July 15, 2016)
(updated on July 15, 2016)
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